Question 1 Why does the way one interprets a situation determine its outcome? Describe an example of a personal challenge you face that could be interpreted differently.

Question 2 Why are dogmatic absolutism and subjective relativism traps to the beginning thinker?

Question 3 Describe the relationship between emotional and intellectual learning. Then provide an instance from your own academic career in which you failed to link the two. What could you have done differently?

Question 4 Identify what you think are the two most important options for devising a game plan to become a critical thinker, and explain how you will try to implement them in your own life.